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machine-gun

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ma·chine-gun (m-shngn)
tr.v. ma·chine-gunned, ma·chine-gun·ning, ma·chine-guns
To fire at or kill with a machine gun.
adj.
Fast and staccato: a machine-gun style of speaking.
machine gunner n.
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